Water Tower, Royal Naval Hospital, Haslar

The water tower at the Royal Naval Hospital in Haslar was built between 1881 and 1885. It is constructed of red brick with limestone dressings and features a lead pyramidal roof, showcasing an Italianate style. The tower has a square plan and includes a tall battered plinth leading to a band with a round-arched entrance. The sides are adorned with two-stage narrow windows set within round-arched surrounds, which have stone frames, transom panels, and rusticated keys to the hood moulds, all beneath a bracketed cornice. The upper stage, which houses the water tank, has two keyed oculi on each side, supported by deep timber bracketed eaves. The roof features a simpler upper stage with additional oculi, brackets, and a weather vane. To the north, there is a single-storey range that may have housed the steam-powered pumps. Although the interior was not inspected, it is reported to contain a ladder leading through the open lower section to the tank. This tower replaced an earlier structure from 1855 when the sewerage system was updated. It is characteristic of 19th-century waterworks architecture and serves as a local landmark within the well-preserved 18th-century hospital complex.